Penholder attachment.



H. W. EARP-THOMAS.

PEVHOLDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION F-iLED JULY 21, 918.

1,282,203 Patented (m. 22, 1918.

'. the following HENRYW. EARP-THOMAS, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

PEN HOLDER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

Application filed July 27, 1918. Serial No. 247,024.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. EARP. THOMAS, asubject of the King of England, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico. and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholder Attachments, of which is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to pencil attachments, and particularly to those attachments adapted to be placed on pens or penoils for the the like.

The general object of this invention is to provide a very simple device of this character which may be disposed upon a pencil or pen and Which is so formed that it may be used either as a paper cutter, an envelop opener, a pen remover or a blotter holder.

Another object is to provide a device of this character Which is adapted to be used as an advertising novelty because of its cheapness and convenience.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein igure 1 is a side view of the attachment applied to a pen holder and shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the use of the device as a pen extractor;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a piece of blotting paper held by the attachment in position for use on the end of a pen holder;

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections on the lines H and 55 respectively of Fig. 1, to show the manner in which the material is folded.

In forming my improved attachment, I take a blank of thin metal and bend it over a suitable form to provide atubular shank 10 adapted to receive the end of a pen holder or the end of a pencil. One margin 11 of the metal of the blank preferably extends up along the side of the attachment from end to end thereof. The extremity of the attachment is then flattened so as to form a relatively thin blade, designated 12 and a relatively thin end edge 13 which is disposed at an acute angle to the axis of the attachpurpose of cutting paper and.

ment. The. point 14 of the blade thus formed is adapted to be inserted in the corners of sealed envelops so as to readily open the envelop and the thin edge 12 is adapted to be used as a paper cutter for cutting the pages of books or for other like purposes. The end edge 13 is formed with a notch 15 whereby the pointed end of the attachment may be readily engaged with the eye of a pen a in Fig. 2 and thus an old pen point may be readily withdrawn from its engagement with the pen holder, even though the pen point be rusted or corroded and be otherwise very diflicult to draw. It will be obvious that the pen may be withdrawn without grasping it with the fingers or with out soiling the fingers.

In addition to the uses above stated, the attachment may also be used as a means for supporting a small piece of blotting paper B which is so formed as to be disposed in the cleft 16 between the folds of metal forming the blade and thus the device forms a very convenient support for a small piece of blotting paper and this is particularly convenient for clerks or others Who desire a bit of blotting paper at hand at all times. It will be obvious that the attachment may be formed otherwise than as described and that it may be more or less of an ornamental character and that it may be formed of any desired or suitable material.

It will be seen from Fig. 5 that the edge of the metal is bent over at 16 and this overbent margin of the metal tends to prevent the too easy removal or displacement of the blotter B from between the folds of the metal.

I claim 1. An attachment of the character described comprising a tapering tubular barrel compressed at one end to form a relatively thin blade having an angular end edge, the end edge of the blade being formed with a notch whereby the device may be engaged with a pen point.

2. A device of the character described comprising a tubular barrel formed of a sheet of thin material, one margin of the sheet extending along the side of the barrel, the barrel being tapering and one edge In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY W. EARP-THOMAS.

and the outer encl thereof being flattened to provide a relatively flat blade, the outer extremity of the barrel being angularly out and being notched, the space between the flattened portion of the body of the barrel Witnesses: and the fiat margin thereof forming a cleft FREDERIC B. WRIGHT,

Time. M. Jute.

to receive blotting paper.

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